Normally, missions to eliminate patrol squads can be received from NPC soldier captains.
These are relatively low-difficulty missions. Apart from the basic rewards, each mission can increase the corresponding empire's hatred by roughly 5% to 10%.
With about a dozen missions, one can max out the hatred value to 100%. At that point, a player can deal an additional 100% final damage to soldiers and monsters of the corresponding empire.
Siege missions, however, must be received from the city lord.
Thus, inside the city, Zhang Yue found the king of the Gana Empire, Garuru.
"My warrior of the Gana Empire, have you thought this through?"
Inside the imperial palace, King Garuru sat on his throne, gazing at Zhang Yue as he asked, "Are you really planning to attack the Radiance Empire directly? Shouldn't you start from the lower levels, slowly understanding the layout and circumstances of the Radiance Empire?"
Zhang Yue responded decisively, "Yes, there's no need."
"Since that's the case, then warrior, I wish you good luck!"
Saying this, Garuru stood up and waved the golden scepter in his hand.
The next moment, Zhang Yue received a system notification.
[Ding~ You have received the quest [Imperial Glory] (Radiance Empire Arc)]
Having accepted the quest, Zhang Yue left the palace.
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[Imperial Glory] (Radiance Empire Arc – Normal Quest)
[Difficulty Factor: 4580]
[Description: The Ten Great Nations are dissatisfied with the rule of the Gana Empire and have secretly colluded with dark and evil forces in an attempt to overthrow its reign. However, should the Gana Empire fall, the entire world will be shrouded in darkness. Players, please assist the Gana Empire in capturing the Radiance Empire's territory—Radiant City...]
[Quest Progress: 0/1 (Radiant City)]
[Quest Rewards: EXP +3 billion, Gold Coins +800, Ability Energy +30 million, Random 13-15 Star Equipment +1]
[Quest Duration: Three Days]
[Note: During the siege, players must accumulate over 1000 personal contribution points after the city is breached for the siege to count as a victory. Contribution points can be earned by killing defending soldiers or damaging main city structures.]
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A difficulty of 4580.
This was nearly the same level as the Hidden Ultimate Quest [Will of the King], which Zhang Yue had encountered in the Fifteenth World with a difficulty of 4444.
At this level, the mission was definitely not something an average person could complete.
Under normal circumstances, the world of Battle of Heroes operated under rules where hundreds or even thousands of players would form teams to launch sieges together.
And they had to be people who had maxed out their empire hatred values.
Following the map's guidance, Zhang Yue quickly arrived at the Radiance Empire's territory.
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As far as the eye could see, the vast land was patrolled by squads from the Radiance Empire.
Due to their corruption by dark forces, the soldiers of the Ten Great Nations were no longer truly human nor fully ghostlike.
They still retained human forms.
But beneath their armor, their skin had shriveled like corpses, and their eyes glowed with a terrifying red light.
Among the patrol squads, there were also some mutated hunting hounds.
The outer perimeters of the Radiance Empire's domain were guarded by relatively low-level patrol units, around level 91-92, consisting of patrol soldiers and Rabid Corpse Hounds.
Each patrol squad had around thirty to forty soldiers, along with over a dozen Rabid Corpse Hounds.
With this kind of formation, it usually required at least a hundred-player team to handle them.
Not far ahead, a hundred-player team was currently fighting one such patrol squad.
Although Zhang Yue's target wasn't these patrol squads, their mission was to protect their homeland and stop anyone from approaching Radiant City.
Upon spotting Zhang Yue, another patrol squad immediately surrounded him.
Zhang Yue, however, did not stop walking.
He continued forward, slowly raising his Flowgold-Class Transcendent Staff.
First Layer – Grip of Thunder!
"Intruder of the Radiance Empire—KILL!"
At the squad captain's command, dozens of soldiers and Rabid Corpse Hounds charged at Zhang Yue.
Second Layer – Grip of Thunder!
The moment they entered his attack range—
Zhang Yue had already stacked three layers of Grip of Thunder.
The next moment—
BOOM!
A bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking the ground, unleashing a devastating electric surge in all directions.
Instantly, the entire patrol squad, dozens of soldiers and Rabid Corpse Hounds, was annihilated.
A massive 45 million+ damage wiped them all out in a flash.
The scene left the nearby hundred-player team, still struggling against their patrol squad, completely dumbfounded.
These level 91-92 monsters only had around 10 million HP each. How could they possibly withstand the damage of a Mythical-Tier Necromancer equipped with 15-star Flowgold-Class Transcendent gear?
Getting hit by Zhang Yue's SS-Class [Thunderclap] didn't just mean instant death—it meant they owed him multiple lives.
It was like a level 20 Baron Nashor showing up in the first wave of minions.[T/N: League of Legends analogy]
After dealing with the squad, Zhang Yue noticed that their corpses were faintly shimmering with silver light.
Realizing something, he immediately took out the Imperial Seal from his inventory.
Holding the Imperial Seal, he pointed it toward the corpses.
The next moment, beams of silver light emerged from the corpses and were absorbed into the Imperial Seal.
Zhang Yue swiftly retrieved a scroll and stamped the Imperial Seal onto it, injecting the absorbed energy into the scroll.
That energy was known as [Source of Life].
Looking at the scroll in his hand, a progress bar popped up on top. Current progress: 38%.
Based on the battle log, Zhang Yue had just killed exactly 38 soldiers and Rabid Corpse Hounds.
Meaning—each monster provided 1% of Source of Life.
"So, I just need to kill about a hundred monsters to gather enough Source of Life and unseal the scroll?"
His instincts told him—this mission wouldn't be that simple.
At that moment, Zhang Yue noticed the Source of Life progress bar on the scroll was decreasing at a rate of 1% per second.
In just a few seconds, it had already dropped from 38% to 33%.
He suddenly remembered—
The Ice Emperor had previously warned that Source of Life would decay rapidly.
And at this rate, he had to gather Source of Life faster than it was being lost.
Without hesitation, Zhang Yue moved forward.
He walked past the corpses of the defeated patrol squad and continued toward the Radiance Empire's capital.
Along the way, he killed every patrol squad he came across.
For an average hundred-player team, taking down these elite patrol squads would take at least 20 minutes.
Yet for Zhang Yue?
A single AOE skill was enough to wipe them out effortlessly.
The system's description of Zhang Yue was spot on.
His power in this low-level world was absolutely broken.
Since he hadn't taken on any patrol elimination quests, wiping out these squads didn't increase his Radiance Empire hatred value.
Slashing through everything in his path, in less than 20 minutes, Zhang Yue finally arrived outside Radiant City. The headquarters of the Radiance Empire!
Gazing ahead, he saw a massive army of players engaged in a passionate siege…
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